LEVERAGING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES Jim Anderson, Senior Vice President, Earth Networks
OPERATING IN OVER 90 COUNTRIES Brazil INPE Japan JMA Philippines PAGASA Australia BOM (with WeatherZone) India MOD, MOES, States of West Bengal, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh UNDP Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia 2
A GLOBAL TOTAL LIGHTNING NETWORK Nearly 2,000 Sensors Deployed Globally
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES OF LDCS IN AFRICA Build and operate innovative weather and lightning detection (proxy radar) networks Focus on high-impact weather monitoring, alerting, and disaster risk management Global coverage including 25 African countries (many LDCs) and ASECNA Under UNDP CIEWS programs: contracted by NMHS of Uganda, Sierra Leone, Liberia Co-lead of a USAID/SIDA Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) team project in Uganda Infrastructure and VAS partnerships with mobile network operators in LDCs 4
PRIVATE SECTOR IN CLIMATE/WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES OF SSA Source: Robert O Sullivan, Winrock International - African Demand for Weather and Climate Services and Business Models for Private Sector Engagement
CHALLENGES FACING NATIONAL MET AGENCIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Budgets Government budgets are very limited Sporadic donor funded programs People Limited technical skills and resources Lack of professional, empowered staff Services Inability to deliver services Lack of credibility Uniformed vulnerable communities Technology Technology mismatch with capacity Basic operational constraints 6
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS: CHANGING OR PERPETUATING THE STATUS QUO? Budgets Services People Technology Short term funding with insufficient time for full adoption and development of sustainability model Investments in climate information vs. real-time monitoring/alerting Emphasis on specialized, unintegrated observing and modeling systems Procurement of unsuitable technologies Closed systems that offer little value to stakeholders Time lag between program design and implementation Grants going into NMHS with limited absorptive capacity and human resources Mixed record on ensuring sustainability 7
CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Fit for Context Technology Multi-Year Project Investment Public Private Partnerships Data Rights and Markets to Enable the PPPs Multi-Stakeholder Approach 8
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE NMHS INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY Joint Go-To-Market Shared Cost Recovery Guaranteed Ongoing Operation of EWS Co-Investment in Infrastructure 9
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE NMHS INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY Public Private Partnership Framework NMHS Earth Networks Ownership of observation network equipment Data license and review/approval of weather information communication Increased capacity to fully utilize the Early Warning System (EWS) Shared data creates sustainability model Implementation and operation of EWS Contractually defined data access Development of end user services and last mile content delivery Sales and marketing with revenue sharing for cost recovery to sustain the EWS Local Industries Purchase data and services developed by Earth Networks, Partner and Met Agency Industries: Insurance, Aviation, Electrical, Agriculture, Mining, Petroleum, Mobile, and many others 10
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Donors/Gov t Bear Entire Burden Burden Shared by Many PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ENABLES SUSTAINABLE DELIVERY OF MET SERVICES Total Operating Cost of Weather Observing Networks Aviation/Transportation Operations & Maintenance Agriculture COST Infrastructure Investment: Petroleum Energy Insurance Staffed sites Instrumentation Installation Electricity Communications Data centers Tourism NGOs Donor/Government Public Model Partnership Model 12
SALES ADDRESSABLE MARKET A MEASURE OF MARKET ACCEPTANCE AND ADOPTION SAM Market Adoption Network Establishment Donor Funded Programs with Govt Early Commercial Adoption Weather Impacted Operations Broad Consumer and Commercial Adoption 3-5+ Years 13
COST-RECOVERY WITH INDUSTIES AND NGOS SOURCING ADVANCED WEATHER INFORMATION Enables commercialization of data and value added products Creates sustainable operational environment Leverages private sector technological innovations Supports and enables a wide array of industries Provides long term funding to sustain NMHS Benefits a variety of international CCA and DRR programs 14
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